During legislative sessions, TCTA's top-ranked lobby team is at the Texas Capitol every day, working on behalf of Texas teachers and other classroom professionals. Our lobbyists carefully monitor and testify on legislation that could affect TCTA members and provide daily reports on legislative action. These updates are provided below and compiled and emailed weekly via the TCTA eUpdate newsletter.
Senate Education Committee hears teacher preparation bills; TCTA testifies
Apr 1, 2025
The Senate K-16 Education Committee met April 1 to hear testimony on bills related to school safety, teacher preparation and the A-F accountability…
House subcommittee discusses prekindergarten oversight
Mar 27, 2025
The Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education met Match 27th to discuss prekindergarten oversight, among other things.
Senate passes bills on parental rights, school libraries, and religion in schools
Mar 19, 2025
The Texas Senate addressed parental rights, required the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and more.
State Board of Education discusses local classroom reviews
Jan 30, 2025
The SBOE began the process of implementing new rules for local classroom reviews, as required by HB 1605 from the 88th Legislative Session.
House Public Education Committee Meets To Discuss Vouchers, Legislation
Aug 12, 2024
The House Public Education Committee met Aug. 12 to hear testimony on a series of interim charges, including updates on recent legislation and…
Final bill summaries - 2023
Jun 7, 2023
The following are summaries of the education-related bills we followed that passed both the House and Senate and were sent to the governor in 2023.…
Bills of concern enter final stages of the process this week
May 17, 2023
Several education bills of concern are headed either to the governor's desk for approval or into House/Senate negotiations.
Voucher bill not voted on in committee, but other major bills advance
May 16, 2023
The House Public Education Committee did not take up SB 8, the voucher proposal heard Monday, but did vote out other major education bills including…
Revised school safety bill removes requirement that every campus have armed security
May 12, 2023
The Senate Education Committee hearing included the school safety legislation and one of the House's teacher bills.
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